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Tom Brady 'locked in on a 2020 upswing'

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The Buccaneers had the NFL’s third-best offense last season, but finished just 7-9 thanks in large part to the erratic season Jameis Winston had under center. The former first overall pick threw for 5,109 yards, 33 touchdowns and 30 interceptions. Despite some believing Winston would have a bounce-back year in 2020, the Bucs opted instead to sign Tom Brady.

Brady, himself, is coming off a subpar 2019 campaign, at least by his standards, throwing for 4,057 yards, 24 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Now that he’s looking to start fresh in Tampa, NFL.com’s Gil Brandt listed Brady as one of seven players poised to play better in 2020.

Per Brandt:

“I’m more interested in seeing whether Brady’s mediocre 2019 performance stemmed more from an age-related drop-off, a lack of top-tier talent at receiver and tight end or an offensive approach by coordinator Josh McDaniels that didn’t feature the kind of complementary running game that helped ease the team’s march to a sixth Super Bowl title two seasons ago. Brady won’t have to worry about skill-position talent in Tampa, with Rob Gronkowski emerging from retirement to join prolific wideouts Mike Evans and Chris Godwin and tight ends Cameron Brate and O.J. Howard. The quarterback is obviously entering uncharted waters as he prepares to play a season at age 43…. We all know who will ultimately win the battle between Tom and time. But I get the feeling Brady will put up a much better showing in 2020 than he did last year.”

I don’t think anyone will be surprised if Brady has a big year. The way this guy plays with a chip on his shoulder, he’ll want to prove to everyone he still has what it takes to win, and doesn’t need to be in New England to do it.

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